Are you allowed to graze it
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Are you allowed to graze it
JohnBoy
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the big pain with being 60 miles away is you're always at the mercy of others, and when you're 60 miles away you're easily ignored. had a man agree to spray it the last days of July, I was away for most of august, he finally finished spraying it in the last fortnight!!!!
Ended up spraying a good chunk by hand as he reckoned the ground was too rough for the quad!
Dozer man called saturday for a looksee and will be back in a month or so. In the meantime I'm fencing off trees that are to be kept and cutting some more that have to go.
Ended up spraying a good chunk by hand as he reckoned the ground was too rough for the quad!
Dozer man called saturday for a looksee and will be back in a month or so. In the meantime I'm fencing off trees that are to be kept and cutting some more that have to go.
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JohnBoy
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Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Now dozer man is giving off an extreme impression of not wanting this job having had it sprayed off.
back in the spring the first man that came and looked at the job advised me to buy a dozer and do it myself. I laughed at the time but I wish I'd listened to him now.
If I pushed the mounds and the sod into the drains with a loader (not the 4600 obviously) and got the field disced I wonder would I be as far along
Now dozer man is giving off an extreme impression of not wanting this job having had it sprayed off.
back in the spring the first man that came and looked at the job advised me to buy a dozer and do it myself. I laughed at the time but I wish I'd listened to him now.
If I pushed the mounds and the sod into the drains with a loader (not the 4600 obviously) and got the field disced I wonder would I be as far along
A good man with a track machine for a few days would surely do a lot?
After all, it doesnt have to be like a lawn
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I'd forget about the dozer and find a different digger man, most of them cant be overly busy at this time of year
Seems like a handy number to me
jf 850
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A grading bucket and a good operator would surely be the best way of doing it. He could put the soil back , as in sort it a bit.
As Mike says , it would fill in a few days this time of year when not.much happening.
kverneland es 80
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Which locals did you ask john
JohnBoy
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this saga slowly but surely rumbles on. The dozer man came last november, after the driest year in god knows how long he arrived the day the weather broke for the frickin winter.
They finally came back yesterday, have more than half it done, but the bit they did in November he probably should have walked away from sooner than he did cos he kinda made porridge of part of it. they're gonna run a drain out of that spot, but what was done yesterday could nearly be sown. it'll get a run or two of a disc and then set the grass. SWS are lined up to plant the agroforestry from cold stored trees in the next few weeks, finally all coming together.
looks terrible in the pics, light was fading, but I'm well happy with it in person.
They finally came back yesterday, have more than half it done, but the bit they did in November he probably should have walked away from sooner than he did cos he kinda made porridge of part of it. they're gonna run a drain out of that spot, but what was done yesterday could nearly be sown. it'll get a run or two of a disc and then set the grass. SWS are lined up to plant the agroforestry from cold stored trees in the next few weeks, finally all coming together.
looks terrible in the pics, light was fading, but I'm well happy with it in person.
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JohnBoy
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Haven't updated this......
Following on from above things went slightly south...... the first field was fine but the second one went to sh*t on them. They came to the conclusion that some of the old land drains got destroyed when the forestry boys buried the ash trees.
They had to scrape off the soil in a stretch across the field to be able to work on putting in a new drain. The part of the field they had done last year ended up having to be redone with the digger, bucket by bucket.
But they left the place in great shape, drains cleaned, repiped two culverts too.
SWS didn't have the trees they thought they did so the pressure is off for replanting which is good because the ground needed time to dry after the drainage and our contractor wont seed it till we pick the stones (rocks mostly) got 10-12 tonnes off 2 acres yesterday.
Following on from above things went slightly south...... the first field was fine but the second one went to sh*t on them. They came to the conclusion that some of the old land drains got destroyed when the forestry boys buried the ash trees.
They had to scrape off the soil in a stretch across the field to be able to work on putting in a new drain. The part of the field they had done last year ended up having to be redone with the digger, bucket by bucket.
But they left the place in great shape, drains cleaned, repiped two culverts too.
SWS didn't have the trees they thought they did so the pressure is off for replanting which is good because the ground needed time to dry after the drainage and our contractor wont seed it till we pick the stones (rocks mostly) got 10-12 tonnes off 2 acres yesterday.
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JohnBoy
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The unmounding story rumbles on.......
By the time we had all the stones picked things had started to green up so we let it green up a bit and got it sprayed off, load of lime delivered and contractor called. Who then did nothing for a few weeks!!!!
Then it transpires that it's too wet he says it'll have to wait till spring.
Went down Thursday night to see he'd hit one soft spot and gave up. They were using a big simba disc which I'd imagine takes serious pulling.
Talked him into doing the 80% of the field that's bone dry and went on a mission Friday night to get some duals for the 4600. Spent Saturday fitting them and today I went playing in the muck.
A chain harrow for a bit of scratch would have been ideal but don't have one. An few bits of zigzag upside down did a similar job. Roughed it all up, shook out seed with the spreader and another run of the harrow.
A couple of proper wet spots where I expect to be back next summer but otherwise score one for the little tractor.
52 inches of tyre under a 2 tonne tractor makes it pretty unstoppable.
@CORK will probably blacklist me for treating his seed like this, but f*ckit its done
By the time we had all the stones picked things had started to green up so we let it green up a bit and got it sprayed off, load of lime delivered and contractor called. Who then did nothing for a few weeks!!!!
Then it transpires that it's too wet he says it'll have to wait till spring.
Went down Thursday night to see he'd hit one soft spot and gave up. They were using a big simba disc which I'd imagine takes serious pulling.
Talked him into doing the 80% of the field that's bone dry and went on a mission Friday night to get some duals for the 4600. Spent Saturday fitting them and today I went playing in the muck.
A chain harrow for a bit of scratch would have been ideal but don't have one. An few bits of zigzag upside down did a similar job. Roughed it all up, shook out seed with the spreader and another run of the harrow.
A couple of proper wet spots where I expect to be back next summer but otherwise score one for the little tractor.
52 inches of tyre under a 2 tonne tractor makes it pretty unstoppable.
@CORK will probably blacklist me for treating his seed like this, but f*ckit its done
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Seems like you made the best use of this opportunity John. I assume you threw plenty seed on - it’ll grow alright. Even the wet patches will be green this time next year as wild grass will probably get going. I’d imagine keeping rushes from getting too strong in places could be a challenge. Perhaps a bit more drainage in time could do a lot for the place when you see how the water behaves.
Fair play to you all, serious work put in.
JohnBoy
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6 wet wet months later and it survived.
The wet corner that the contractor couldnt drill and I did with the wagtail and chain harrow is at the bottom of this pic.
it's the bright green part at the bottom.
I set my bit on sunday, the contractor did the rest on Monday and it started raining on I think wednesday and has rained most of the time since.
I put the marked difference in performance down to the seed not being buried at all by me. By the time the drilled seed made it the half inch up through the soil the year was done.
it's getting a bag of 10 10 20 this weekend just to help it get going.
The wet corner that the contractor couldnt drill and I did with the wagtail and chain harrow is at the bottom of this pic.
it's the bright green part at the bottom.
I set my bit on sunday, the contractor did the rest on Monday and it started raining on I think wednesday and has rained most of the time since.
I put the marked difference in performance down to the seed not being buried at all by me. By the time the drilled seed made it the half inch up through the soil the year was done.
it's getting a bag of 10 10 20 this weekend just to help it get going.
